Hi guys!
Well This autolectric dev. guy is playing hard.
I like this. Playing hard is my way of living, so no problem. Because i know that this guy is reading this thread (i think he is the '@autoelector' user on this forum) listen here: dude learn to respect your clients! this is where your money comes from!
If a device is bricked during a firmware update then
is your responsibility to provide me a way to restore it!
Every device like motherboards, routers etc. who have a firmware running inside can be, if needed restored by flashing a new firmware
provided by the manufacturer.
But no! you are afraid to release any firmware in the wild because of copycats. I don't care.
Remember five years ago? my genuine device was bricked during an firmware update and basically you did not do anything. So i got middle finger. Buy another one and f.ck you.
Because of that i have developed my custom firmware updater; to help people to restore their devices. So please remove the picture of my firmware updater from your pirated products section in your site; this is pathetic!
My firmware updater was never intended to be used by people in the black market but as a service tool for people who need to restore their devices.
Think this:
if i want to downgrade to an earlier firmware how can i do this? i can't.
If my device will brick who gives me a new firmware? nobody.
So this is why the firmware updater exist.
The last 6.8x minipro versions detect the converted and cloned devices and disable the bootmode function thus preventing the further firmware updates.
Well bootmode can be forced by soldering an resistor as is shown in my pdf. In fact if you have a steady hand there's no need to solder anything; just keep the resistor leads connected to the two indicated points while inserting the usb cable. Then remove the resistor.
Once entered in bootmode run my firmware updater:
TL866 firmware updater V2.41. Browse for update.dat file (any version is good including the new 6.80, 6.81 and 6.82)
2.Select the firmware dumper and click reflash.
3.After reflash click the advanced button
4.Now pay attention: if the copy protection checkbox is unchecked please check this and click write button.
If the copy protection checkbox is checked leave it alone.
This is important if you leave the copy protect bit unchecked then the new firmware will disable the bootmode, so beware!
5.Serial number and device code section.
Just click the write button in the serial number section. This will rewrite the same serial with the correct checksum.
This was a flaw in my reencrypted serial. A single byte checksum was wrong and the autoelectric discovered this after five years! good. I like this.
6.Close the advanced window, check the TL866A firmware and click reflash again.
Now the new firmware is ready.
If you have the original serial then you're good.
Random generated serials can be detected so beware.
I still need to analyze the new firmware, seems that there's a serial validation in the firmware.
If you have problems please post here and feel free to send me an PM.